Owen Jacques is an award-winning investigative journalist from Mackay, now based on the Sunshine Coast as APN Australian Regional Media’s Online News Editor. He has a strong background reporting on politics, business and breaking news. Owen has also specialised in resources reporting, which included a successful campaign to fight 100% fly-in, fly-out mining in rural Queensland towns.

THE GUN-running Filipino captain of a vessel that suffered two mysterious fatalities in Australian waters has returned on a new contract, aboard a hulk arriving into the Port of Gladstone this morning.

Captain Venancio Salas Jr was in charge of the Sage Sagittarius in late 2012 when its chief cook Cesar Llanto disappeared overboard.

Two weeks later, chief engineer Hector Collado would somehow suffer a blow to his skull before falling 10.5m to his death.